Validation of the inverse water volumetry method: A new gold standard for arm volume measurements

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Damstra, Robert J ^a   Glazenburg, Eltjo J ^b   Hop, Wim C J ^c  

^a NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm volume measurements; Gold standard; Inverse water volumetry; Lymphedema; Water displacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVERSE WATER VOLUMETRY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748364104     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9213-0     Document Type: Article

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